Cardholder



Sept. 22, 1953 M, sUClU 2,652,647'

CARDHOLDER Filed March l2, 1951 22 l l l l) Y l/sz 30? Mary .Suc/'u INVENToR.

Patented Sept. 22, 1953 UNITED STATES TENT FFICE CARDHOLDER Mary Suciu, Fostoria., Mich.

Application March 12, 1951, Serial No. 215,151

9 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved support adapted particularly to hold Christmas cards in a position for ready display.

An object of this invention is to provide a holder for a card of any selected type, as a Christmas card, advertising poster, price tag or any other suitable description, the holder being of eX- tremely inexpensive, convenient and neat construction, being made of a single blank of material folded in such a way that there is a base provided with a pair of side panels, each of the panels havingr a forward inclined edge which constitutes a rest for the back surface of the card, and a pair of stops connected to the base and 1ocated in advance of the sides, the stops being sufliciently spaced from the sides so as to provide upwardly opening slots to receive portions of the card at the bottom edge thereof for holding the card releasably in place.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the above described character which may be easily assembled and disassembled and which is adapted to be mounted on a supporting surface or hung by a nail or the like as a selected use.

Ancillary objects and features of importance will become apparent in following the description of the illustrated form of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing it in use;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the line 2 2 of Figure l and in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 3 is a plan View of the blank pattern from which the device is made Figure 4 is an elevational view of the device showing it in a second operational position; and

Figure 5 is a top View of the device.

In the accompanying drawings, and specifically Figure 3 thereof, there is a blank Iii made of cardboard, certain types of commercial plastic material or others. The blank includes a substantially rectangular portion I2 which when folded as disclosed in other figures of the drawings, constitutes a base. Integrally joined at one edge of the base is a panel I, and integrally joined to the outer end of the panel Iii is a section IS, which integrally connects with another panel I8. The panels I li and I8 constitute sides of the device when it is in the folded and operative condition, the panel I3 not only including the flat portion which is integrally joined to the section I6 but also a tab 2t which is integrally connected at an edge of the base i2 opposite from the junction of the panel ill with the base i 2. There is a tongue 22 at the outer end of the panel portion it and a slot 2li formed in the tab 2t extending transversely thereof, the slot being adapted to receive and hold the tongue 22.

Integrally connected with the same edges of the base I2 which have the tab 2d and the panel it thereon, is a pair of ears .it and 28, respectively, which are arranged to constitute stops for the card 29 when it is located in place on the device.

rhe device is formed with various fold lines defining the junctions of the described elements. There is a fold line 39 at the junction of the tab 2i) in the base I2, a fold line 32 at the junction of the panel I4 in the base i2, a fold line 3d at the junction of the section It and the panel It, and a fold line 36 at the junction of the section iii and the panel i3. Fold lines 33 and tti, respectively, are located at the junctions of the ears 26 and 28 with the base I2.

To assemble the device, the panel i4 is folded with respect to the base, as is the tab 2t. Then the section iii is folded along the lines 3d and 3S so that the tongue 22 may be fitted in the slot 2d, the angles between the folded portions being such that the section It constitutes the top of the den vice while the base i2 constitutes the bottom of the device. Then the ears 2t and 28 are folded approximately degrees with respect to the base i2 so that the space between the stops 26 and 28 and the lower front edge of the sides Id and i8 constitute pockets t2 and it within which the lower edge of the card 29 is adapted to be placed.

The front edges e6 and it are tapered rearwardly from the base l2 toward the top section It in order to constitute a back rest for the rear surface of the card 29. When the device is used as disclosed in Figure l, it is immaterial whether the tab 5E) which constitutes a rearward extension of the section I, is folded along its fold line 52 or not. However, when the device is used as dis closed in Figure 4, the tab is folded along the line 52 until it is disposed at right angles to the plane of the section it? and the aperture Eid in the tab 5e is used to accommodate a nail, tack 5t or like fastening element whereby the device may be attached to a vertical wall in lieu or" being placed on a horizontal supporting surface 5S as disclosed in Figure 1.

Having described the claimed as new is:

l. An open front card holder comprising a support having a dat base provided with upstanding side panels, said panels having inclined edges which constitute a rest for a card, an integral web invention, what is connecting said panels to one another at theirl upper ends, and stops carried by said base and located in advance of said side panels.

2. An open front Card holder comprising a support having a nat base provided with upstanding side panels, said panels having inclined edges which constitute a rest for a card, an integral web connecting said panels to one another at their upper ends and stops carriedv by said base and located in advance of said side. panels, said stop rising from said base and spaced from said inclined edges to thereby provide with the lower portions of said panels, upwardly opening slots to receive portions of the card at the bottom edgeV thereof.

3. An open front card holder comprising a support having a fiat base provided with upstanding side panels, said panels having inclined edges which constitute a rest for a card, an integral web connecting said panels to one another at their upper ends, and stops carried by said base and located in advance of said side panels, 'said side panels, said panels having inclined edges which constitute a rest for a card, an integral web connecting said panels to one another at their upper ends, and stops carried by said base" and located in advance of said side panels, said base being integrally connectedvto saidfpanels, and said stops being integrally connected to said base, said panels and stops being foldablev with respect to said base.

5. In a card holding device, a support of knock" down construction, said support including'a Hat base having side panels rising from opposite edges thereof, an integral web connecting said panels to one another at their upper ends, said side panels having front edges constituting a back rest for a card, one of said side rpanelsincluding two sections releasably joined together so that said side panels may be displaced with respectto said base, and means carried by said base' in front of said side panels adapted tol be contacted by. theV front surface of the card to-'hold` the card on said base. n

6. In a card holding device, aflatbase having opposite side edges, panels risingV from Vsaid sideat their upper ends, said base projecting in front of said side panels and having` stops rising therefrom adapted to be contacted by the card, thel stops being spaced from the lower portions ofA said side panels to thereby constitute upwardly opening slots in which the card is adapted to be disposed, and a top section connected to the upper ends of said panels and provided with a tab which is adapted to accommodate a fastening element to hold the device suspended.

7. A card holder comprising a one piece blank of sheet material, one end o said blank having a transverse slot therein, the other end of said blank being wedge shaped, the portion of said blank adjacent said slotted end forming a rectangular base, transversely extending predetermined scored lines one on either side of said base defining the limits of said base, the portion of said blankbetween said base and said other end forming' a pair of side Walls and a top connecting web therebetween, a pair of transversely extending scored lines between said side walls and said connecting web, said side walls and connecting web overlying said base, said wedge shaped end being detachably received in said slotted end,A the back edges of said side walls' beingV vertically extending from said base and the vfront edges of said side walls being' inclined iroinV said base,

stops on said base located in advance of said-side panelsto vretain cards against the front edges-of said side walls.

8. A card holder comprising anrelong'ated, natY` base, side panels rising from opposite'endslof saidy base, said side panels converging toward one an?- other and webs connecting the upper ends of said side panels to one another, stops? carried by" said'base in advance of the forward e'dg'eeof said side panels, the forward edges of said Vside panels being inclinedv and constituting a card rest.

9. A Cardholder comprising an elongated-,- iiatf base, side panels rising from opposite' endsof said base, said side panels covergingtoward. one anotherand webs connecting the upper ends of said side panels to one another, stops carried-by' said base in advance of the forward edges of saidY side panels, the forward edges oisaid side panels being inclined and constituting a card rest, saidstops being provided on the ends of said base andv 

